House Republicans have had a new speaker, Mike Johnson, for a total of 48 hours, and they are already beginning to turn on him for a pretty disgusting reason that we're gonna get into. Specifically for his thoughts on the George Floyd murder in 2020. [00:00:18] Matt Walsh kicked it off. He tweeted out a clip of Mike Johnson at the time who was asked about the police killing of George Floyd, to which he had a pretty human response. Here's what he said. >> Speaker 2: What did you feel when you watched the video of [00:00:35] George Floyd being killed? >> Speaker 2: I was outraged. I don't think anyone can view the video and objectively come to any other conclusion but that it was an act of murder. And I felt that initially, as everyone did, it's so disturbing. [00:00:52] And the underlying issues beneath that are something that the country is now struggling with, and I think it's something we have to look at very soberly and with a lot of empathy, and I'm glad to see that's happening. >> Speaker 1: Wow, ew, empathy, sobriety, disgusting. [00:01:12] Okay, so, yeah, that's actually an incredibly honest and real and I think everyone felt that way answer after the murder of George Floyd, part of this might be because Mike Johnson has an adopted Black son. He has two biological children as well who are white and [00:01:29] he actually spoke a little bit more about the differences between his kids. >> Speaker 2: I've thought often through all these ordeals over the last couple of weeks about the difference in the experiences between my two 14 year old sons, Michael being a Black American and Jack being white Caucasian. [00:01:46] They have different challenges. My son Jack has an easier path, he just does. The interesting thing about both of these kids, Michael and Jack, is they're both handsome, articulate, really talented kids, gifted by God to do lots of things. [00:02:01] But the reality is, and no one can tell me otherwise, my son Michael had a harder time than my son Jack is going to have simply because of the color of his skin. And that's a reality. It's an uncomfortable, painful one to acknowledge, but people have to recognize that's a fact. >> Speaker 1: All right, we need to stop this before I start to kind of like [00:02:20] Michael Johnson for, recognizing structural racism, seeing it in front of him, having some sort of empathy for his son, who, yes, will face different adversity than his white son. But of course, Matt Walsh is sounding the alarm on this, and [00:02:36] he tweeted that clip out, saying, here's the new speaker saying George Floyd was murdered and we needed systemic changes to fix the racism in our country. Struggling to see why we had to kick out the last guy for this guy, it's the exact same guy, pretty much. [00:02:51] And then Laura Loomer, who I'm convinced is just an Instagram filter, tweeted, Magic Mike's loves drug addict, George Floyd. My God, how people still say this, just, you're such a ghoul. [00:03:11] You're such a ghoul. Turns out there's no difference between Magic Mike and Big Mike. Is he an undercover? So, wait, Big Mike, who's Big Mike? >> Speaker 3: All I think of is Big Mike is Blindside. >> Speaker 3: Yeah. [00:03:27] >> Mike McCarthy. >> Speaker 1: Is that what he's saying? Because he- >> No Mike McCarthy said I went to sports, I went too deep into sports. I don't know, Big Mike? >> Speaker 1: Anyway, is he an undercover Democrat? What type of MAGA Republican says something like that? George Floyd was a drug addict and a criminal, yet the new speaker of the House said is his heart broke for George Floyd. [00:03:44] I'm really MAGA. You know who my heart breaks for? Derek Chauvin. [SOUND] Side with the murderer. And then, of course, you've got other folks saying, Pedro Gonzalez saying, sure, the new GOP House Speaker has completely [00:04:03] internalized left wing racial libel about white supremacy and privilege. He also supports foreign aid, but okay, but he supports Trump, so it's fine. It's a win. So people are basically like, McCarthy was better or McCarthy was the same. [00:04:19] What did McCarthy actually say about George Floyd at the time? Let's take a look. This was his tweet. George Floyd should still be alive today. We can honor his memory by healing our broken communities, by mending racial divides, and by rebuilding America into a more perfect union that we know it should be. [00:04:35] Ripping a city and a country apart only deepens the wound. You stupid, uppity activists, go back home, go back inside, we've got this. And why I got this, we will do nothing. So I just think this is so interesting, Bret, and I'm sure that Mike Johnson [00:04:53] isn't gonna come out and sort of stand by his old comments. He's trying to play this role, I don't think it's gonna stick. I don't think people really care, especially after the amount of dysfunction. But the reach on this is so gross. [00:05:09] >> Speaker 3: I don't think anyone's gonna address it that isn't in, the Laura Loomer slime pit. >> Speaker 3: Yeah. >> They're just gonna cruise right past it. I mean, this is a Matt Walsh, like, mic check, so to speak, where he's just like, can anyone hear me? And he's seeing if this works. [00:05:25] He knows the people in his basement can hear him, but he's trying to get this. But in choosing Mike Johnson for the speakership, they really have figured out the perfect thing to do. [00:05:41] Just because, I mean the central casting aspect of this dude, every time I look at him, I just think, this is exactly who the Republicans kind of always have been. A smooth talking God loves you, and I'm gonna try to champion you. [00:05:57] The kind of things that Ted Cruz tries to do, but always comes off as like a real slime ball. This guy genuinely just kind of is able to glide around and communicate to people- >> Yeah. >> And they see it. And the flip side of the coin of what he's talking about with his own son is like, [00:06:18] this guy is the apex of the other side, with his floopy hairdo and his glasses, he is exactly that smoke filled room, everybody. He doesn't really talk about his feelings, but then he goes and does probably something wildly depraved behind the scenes. [00:06:35] That's just the vibe I get off this dude. >> Speaker 1: I'm getting big weird, congressional orgy that we can't speak about vibes from him. [LAUGH] >> Speaker 3: He's the guy that invited Matt Gates. >> Speaker 1: He invited Matt Gates. He invited what's his name that we don't talk about anymore because- [00:06:52] >> Madison Cawthorne. >> Speaker 1: Yes. >> Speaker 3: For him, I just hear him say, it's going to be a lot more difficult for my Black child than it is for my white child in my own house because I am wildly racist. >> Speaker 1: [LAUGH] Yeah. God, I feel like this won't be the last we'll hear of his son. [00:07:11] I mean, that's the thing. If he had any, I hope he leaves his Black son out of this, but I sort of feel like he will probably use him as a crutch and as a talking point going forward. But TBD. [MUSIC]